Bay View High School - Oracle Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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who are well-trained in the fundamentals and who have a clear concept of the duties and the privileges of a citizen in a democracy. It is true that energies of youth must be diverted into constructive channels, or areas of negative values will take over, for it needs must be that energy will be expended. Because of his ability to channel youth's energy for the good of their country, Dr. Korn was made a state representative for the War Production Board and was sent to Washington as a consultant in connection with salvage drives and war-bond campaigns. But peace hath its victories no less renowned than war, and after the war years Bay View was never permitted to forget that youth can be trusted, that youth can make sacrifices, that youth can solve problems if adults will encourage them first and condemn them later, and condemn only when condemnation is deserved. Presently, Bay View students are establishing honor class-rooms, class-rooms in which all pledge themselves to be honest and speak up against dishonesty. Suffice it to say some adults are sceptics in this matter, but, true to form, Dr. Korn says, Let them try it. This faith in youth has led to the establishment of an Inter-High Council in which Dr. Korn has been a tireless consultant, sharing his interest in youth not only with his own school but with the high schools of the entire city. Nor are Dr. Korn's interests largely academic. As a one-time coach in football, he has continued to follow all athletic contests ln the presence of Ben Barkin, of Milwaukee County Finance Committee, and of Dr. Korn former Superintendent of Schools Milton Potter hands to a student the bond which carried the purchases of the school over the million-dollar mark. Dr. Korn leaves for Washington in 1944 to tell of Bay View's part in the war effort and to help plan the Fifth War Loan Drive. with interest. His coaching staffs have frequently declared he has that keenly analytical mind which has the happy faculty of evaluating weak- nesses and strengths of various plays and is invaluable in plotting strategy for difficult en- counters. And as for the fine arts, though he will say he has no real ear for music, he can discuss good music with the best of them, has a prize collection of record albums, and delights in every Bay View concert and stage show. Of course, Christmas carols are his first love. That's easy to under- stand, for they deal with man in his moments of doing for others and in his moments of apprecia- tion for all that has been done for him. The art of brush and palette sometimes disturbs him, but he does not hesitate to include modern art in the fine collection of art treasures that hang in the school corridors, treasures declared by authorities to be the best in the city. Having had the privilege this year to sit for his portrait in the studio of Joseph Cummings Chase, world-famous Page Eleven

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Vice-Principal Korn confers with a teacher at the vice- principal's desk in a corner of the outer office. Hail fo Our Chief readily lead to destruction in these days when man so desperately looks for peace for all the world? Man must be concerned for the welfare of others! Such concern has led to the development of an outstanding student-government organization, in which the student officers are not errand boys of the administration but Bay View citizens tak- ing responsibility in as many school situations as they show them- selves capable of handling. This organization is an outgrowth of the war years, during which Bay View led the nation's schools On September 6, 1940, when Dr. Bernhard C. Korn took over the duties of the principalship of the Bay View High School, he said: l appreciate the honor which has been conferred upon me and realize the solemn duty with which l am entrusted. The granting of the principal- ship to me is a challenge to carry onthe work in the same manner as Gustav A. Fritsche, and l shall do all in my power to live up to the high standards which he has set. In June of 1960 we look back not only upon those twenty years of principalship, but also upon the complete forty-five years of lifetime which Dr. Korn has given to the Bay View High School, for he joined its faculty in 1915 and served as its Vice-Principal from 1922 to 1940. Certainly, he has kept his promise. His assignment has been a challenge to him, for has he not faced the prob- lems of two world wars, economic depressions, increased high school enrollments, and maintained always the great American principle of education, namely education for every boy and girl, the slow performer, the rapid learner, and the one with special aptitude in various fields? And best of all, has he not maintained throughout the years that faith without works is dead, that concern only for the intellect and not for the character of the intellectual can make of man only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal , in fact, that intellect without character can Page Ten From this desk of the vicevprincipal, in Room 225, Dr. Korn moved to the principal's office in 1939 and to the acting principalship of Bay View High School. in war-bond drives, paper salvage, and, best of all, in active gratitude for their democratic heritage. Such an incident as collecting 93,000 tons of paper on one Saturday afternoon speaks convincingly of how Bay View faced the problems of the times. Said Dr. Korn, War demands great sacrifices from youth, it offers equally great opportunities. lt is the func- tion of education to prepare youth for both. The school of today aims to develop young men and young women

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Dr. Korn installs an S.G.A, president, in September, 1960, Lance Siian. With two boys of the 1956 team, Coach Mierzwa and Dr. Korn admire the Gillo believed the students' opportunities for good experience must never be curtailed. Creative Writing was introduced into Bay View for English credit over twenty-five years ago, cmd as recently as 1956 Dr. Korn introduced a Seminar in English, the first to be established in the Mid-West. All of these exhibit his courage to accept the results of educational research and his willingness to experiment. Special classes for the rapid learner did not wait for the Russian Sputnik to launch an interest. Special classes in English, history, science, and a double-track in mathematics are only a few of the special classes that came into being over a decade ago, all of these attest to that vision, that alertness to the abilities of youth, which have dominated Dr. Korn's years as a teacher and principal. Nor ma we for et his develo ment of a uidance s stem at Ba 9 View, which gives each student not only a homeroom teacher and several classroom teachers, but also a four- year counselor who is available at all times for s ecial counselin and service. 9 And lest you think that Dr. Korn's day must be heavily serious, let us hasten to admit that he has an infectious sense of humor and that happy laughter is every bit as much a part of office atmosphere as is thoughtful admonition. Perhaps that is why stage pro- ductions give him such pleasure. He thor- oughly enioys school-play and operetta time, and infrequently takes over the come- dians and polishes them off into laugh- Trophy, in Bay View's possession as a result of victory over South. portrait painter, Dr. Korn fairly glows. An ex- perience which many might declare trying, Dr. Korn declares a liberal education. Why? Be- cause he appreciates the artist and his scholarly background, but even more he appreciates his stature not only as an artist but also as a man. Dr. Korn's interest in written communication led to the Oracle Annual's taking first place in the nation as early as i927 and to a continuous sequence of annuals and newspapers, with no discontinuance even during the war years, for he Page Twelve Dr. Korn talks with English Seminar students about their semester proiects,